"train being driven by the ultra-slimy bad guy."" However, Stallone's ideas were deemed ""too expensive"" for Paramount to produce and Stallone ultimately pulled out two weeks before filming was to start. Two days later, the film's producers, Simpson and Bruckheimer, convinced Eddie Murphy to replace Stallone in the film, prompting more rewrites. Besides Stallone and Rourke, other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley included Richard Pryor, Al Pacino, and James Caan. ""Beverly Hills Cop"" received critical acclaim upon its release, and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1984. Janet Maslin of"
"Axel Foley Detective Axel Foley is a fictional character, portrayed by Eddie Murphy, and is the protagonist of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. He is ranked 55 on ""Empire"" magazine's list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to be cast as Axel Foley. Detroit Police Department plainclothes detective Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in Hollywood, California. Mikey is soon killed by a man named Zack. Foley goes to Beverly Hills, California, to find Mikey's assailant (since Mikey told"
"received by critics. The first film received a fresh rating of 84%, from a total of 44 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Axel Foley Detective Axel Foley is a fictional character, portrayed by Eddie Murphy, and is the protagonist of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. He is ranked 55 on ""Empire"" magazine's list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". Sylvester Stallone was originally intended to be cast as Axel Foley. Detroit Police Department plainclothes detective Axel Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in Hollywood, California. Mikey"
"had support from many people connected with incumbent mayor Dennis Archer. Already a prominent figure through his success in law enforcement, Hill rose to worldwide fame when he appeared in the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" films, playing the role of Inspector Todd, the boss of Eddie Murphy's character, Axel Foley. Offered other acting work after the film's release, Hill declined to pursue acting as a career, but did appear in the two subsequent sequels of the movie, saying that the only difference between his famous character's life and his own was that he did not curse as much in real life."
"and discovering Dewald's treachery who shot Dave; both are eventually joined by Rosewood, who has been seriously wounded by the security men. In the end, Flint, Rosewood and Foley are all injured, and Janice invites Foley to an upcoming Tunnel of Love Ride but not before the latest character of the theme park has been introduced—Axel Fox and Dave thanks Foley for bringing Dewald to justice. On June 14, 2016, it was announced that Axel Foley will return in the upcoming fourth installment of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" franchise, with Eddie Murphy reprising his role. The first film was well"
"shooting schedule. The part ultimately went to Ernie Hudson. Later in 1984, Murphy starred in the successful action comedy film ""Beverly Hills Cop"". The film was Murphy's first solo leading role. ""Beverly Hills Cop"" grossed over $230 million at the U.S. box office becoming the highest-grossing film released in 1984, the highest grossing comedy of all-time and the highest grossing ""R"" rated film of all-time and it was 46th in the list of all-time U.S. box office grossers after adjusting for inflation (3rd-highest amongst ""R"" rated films). Murphy was also offered a part in 1986's """", a role that, after"
"animals and conceived the storyline that was eventually adopted. Nimoy hit upon the idea of humpback whales after talking with a friend—their song added mystery to the story, and their size added logistical challenges the heroes would have to overcome. Nimoy approached ""Beverly Hills Cop"" writer Daniel Petrie, Jr. to write the screenplay when a concept that executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg described as ""either the best or worst idea in the world"" arose—""Star Trek"" fan Eddie Murphy wanted a starring role. Nimoy and Murphy acknowledged his part would attract non-""Star Trek"" fans to the franchise following the rising popularity of"
"Eddie Murphy Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Murphy was a regular cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"" from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in ""48 Hrs."", the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" series, ""Trading Places"", and ""The Nutty Professor"". In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award"
"""Entertainment Weekly"" rated it D- and called Murphy's performance joyless and depressing. ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" was nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards, for Landis as Worst Director and the film as Worst Remake or Sequel. A fourth entry in the series was initially announced for release in the mid-1990s, under the production of Eddie Murphy's own production company ""Eddie Murphy Productions"", though production later fizzled out. It was re-announced in 2006, when producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced his intention to resurrect the film series, though he eventually gave up his option to produce the film, instead passing production duties to"
"Axel F ""Axel F"" is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film ""Beverly Hills Cop"" performed by Harold Faltermeyer. It was an international number 1 hit in 1985. The title comes from the main character's name, Axel Foley (played by Eddie Murphy), in the film; moreover, it is composed in the key of F minor. Faltermeyer recorded the song using five instruments: a Roland Jupiter-8 provided the distinctive ""supersaw"" lead sound, a Moog modular synthesizer 15 provided the bass, a Roland JX-3P provided chord stabs, a Yamaha DX7 was used for bell and vibraphone sounds and a LinnDrum was"
"being filmed. Claiming that Eddie Murphy was low-spirited and had a low energy level. ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" was criticized harshly. Beverly Hills Cop III currently holds a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 49 reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score, rated it 16/100 based on 15 reviews. Richard Natale of ""Variety"" called it ""a return to form by Eddie Murphy"" that ""runs out of steam before the end"". Caryn James of ""The New York Times"" wrote that the film is designed to be a foolproof and safe money-maker, but Murphy plays Foley too straight. Owen Gleiberman of"
"two 1980s films: ""An Officer and a Gentleman"" and ""Beverly Hills Cop"". In ""An Officer and a Gentleman"", she played Navy Aviation Officer Candidate Casey Seeger, a popular and charming woman who nearly flunked out of the program due to her inability to complete the obstacle course; however, she persevered and graduated. An amateur bodybuilder in real life, Eilbacher said the hardest aspect of this role was ""pretending"" to be out of shape. In ""Beverly Hills Cop"", she played Jenny Summers, a childhood friend of Eddie Murphy's character who reunited with him to solve the murder of a mutual friend."
"to pick the show up for a full season and that they were reworking the final episode to function as a series finale and give the fans closure. On January 2013, CBS picked up ""Beverly Hills Cop"", an hourlong crime procedural with comedic elements, with Ryan on board to pen the script and executive produce along with his MiddKid Productions partner Marney Hochman and Eddie Murphy. The potential series was a follow-up to the Murphy franchise and centered on Foley's son, Aaron (played by Brandon T. Jackson), a cop working in Beverly Hills as he tries to escape his famous"
"tailored to Murphy than ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and it shows a side of his comic persona that I don't think has been much appreciated: his essential underlying sweetness. Murphy's comedy is not based on hurt and aggression, but on affection and an understanding that comes from seeing right through the other characters.""<ref> The Golden Child The Golden Child is a 1986 American fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, who is informed that he is ""The Chosen One"" and is destined to save ""The Golden Child"", the savior of all humankind. The film"
"YouTube video (as well as the third oldest video to reach 1 billion views) in the 100 most viewed YouTube videos after ""The Gummy Bear Song"". Australia UK Axel F ""Axel F"" is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film ""Beverly Hills Cop"" performed by Harold Faltermeyer. It was an international number 1 hit in 1985. The title comes from the main character's name, Axel Foley (played by Eddie Murphy), in the film; moreover, it is composed in the key of F minor. Faltermeyer recorded the song using five instruments: a Roland Jupiter-8 provided the distinctive ""supersaw"" lead sound,"
"had their song ""Be There"". In an interview in 1994, Eddie Murphy said that ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" is ""different from the trilogy's first installment because Axel is more mature and no longer the wisecracking rookie cop."" During that same year, Murphy said he thought """"Beverly Hills Cop III"" was infinitely better than ""Beverly Hills Cop II""."" He later claimed during an interview in 2006 on ""Inside the Actors Studio"" that he felt the third film was ""atrocious"" and such a disgrace that ""the character was kind of banished for a while [from Hollywood]."" He said he felt the third"
"Matthew Broderick, and Casey Affleck also starred in the film, released on November 4, 2011. It was reported in 2011 that Murphy would host the 84th Academy Awards in 2012. However, he dropped out of his hosting duties on November 9, 2011, in the wake of the Brett Ratner scandal. On December 6, 2013, it was announced that Murphy would star in the fourth film of the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" series. Brett Ratner will direct the film, Jerry Bruckheimer is confirmed to produce the film, and Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec will write. In a June 2014 interview, Murphy discussed"
"Gil Hill Gilbert Roland ""Gil"" Hill (November 5, 1931 – February 29, 2016) was an American police officer, actor and the president of the Detroit City Council. He gained recognition for his role as Inspector Todd in the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Hill was the son of Mary Lee Hill, who raised him and his sister Toni, alone. In the 1940s, Hill moved with his mother and sister to Washington, D.C. Hill attended Cardozo High School, graduating in 1949. Hill had wished to attend Howard University, but was not able due to strained financial resources."
"a patdown from security shortly after he was released from the hospital following an adverse reaction to a medication. He spent ten hours in jail, and accepted a deferred adjudication agreement where charges would be dismissed in 90 days. Judge Reinhold Edward Ernest ""Judge"" Reinhold, Jr. (born May 21, 1957) is an American actor who has starred in several Hollywood movies, such as ""Ruthless People"", ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", ""Gremlins"", and """", and both trilogies for ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and ""The Santa Clause"". Reinhold was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Regina Celeste (née Fleming) and Edward Ernest"
"The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 4 on the Hot 100. The follow-up single, ""Nighttime Lover"", was also a top 10 R&B hit, peaking at No. 3. In 1989, The System released their fifth album, ""Rhythm & Romance"". Their version of the Marc Benno song ""Rock n' Roll Me Again"" became famous in the 1984 action comedy ""Beverly Hills Cop"" with Eddie Murphy. The soundtrack album would go on to win a Grammy. The group would also reach No. 23 on Billboard's R&B chart with the title track from the 1988 Eddie Murphy film"
"""Vampire in Brooklyn"" was the final film produced under Eddie Murphy's exclusive contract with Paramount Pictures, that began with ""48 Hrs."" (1982) and included the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" franchise (1984-1994). An abandoned ship crashes into a dockyard in Brooklyn, New York, and the ship inspector, Silas Green, finds it full of corpses. Elsewhere, Julius Jones, Silas's nephew, has a run-in with some Italian mobsters. Just as the two goons are about to kill Julius, Maximillian, a vampire who arrived on the ship, intervenes and kills them. Maximillian infects Julius with his vampiric blood, thereby turning Julius into a decaying ghoul,"
"crime. It is often credited as being the first film in the ""buddy cop"" genre, which included the subsequent films ""Beverly Hills Cop"", ""Lethal Weapon"", and ""Rush Hour"". A sequel, ""Another 48 Hrs."", was released on June 8, 1990. Convicted thief Albert Ganz is working as part of a road gang in California, when a big Native American man named Billy Bear drives up in a pickup truck and asks for water to cool off his truck's overheating radiator. Ganz and Billy exchange insults and proceed to stage a fight with each other, wrestling in a river, and when the"
"on the ""Hot R&B Songs"" chart. ""The Right Kinda Lover"" was Patti LaBelle's second number one on the ""Hot Dance/Club Play"" chart. Overseas, the single and also reached number fifty on the ""UK Top 75"" and was her most successful in years. The song's video featured LaBelle performing a seductress choosing her choice of mate. The Right Kinda Lover ""The Right Kinda Lover"" is a song recorded by singer Patti LaBelle. It was released as a single from her 1994 album, ""Gems"", and appeared on the soundtrack to the film ""Beverly Hills Cop III"" starring Eddie Murphy. The song, which"
"Judge Reinhold Edward Ernest ""Judge"" Reinhold, Jr. (born May 21, 1957) is an American actor who has starred in several Hollywood movies, such as ""Ruthless People"", ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"", ""Gremlins"", and """", and both trilogies for ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and ""The Santa Clause"". Reinhold was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of Regina Celeste (née Fleming) and Edward Ernest Reinhold, Sr., a trial lawyer. He was raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, until his family moved to Martin County, Florida, prior to his junior year in high school. His father nicknamed him ""Judge"" when he was just two weeks old"
"and Bogomil on a fishing trip. This is the same picture that appeared in ""Cop II"" on Bogomil's and Foley's desks. In an interview in 2012, Ronny Cox said, ""They wanted me to be in ""Beverly Hills Cop III"", but...I read the script."" Rejected ideas for ""Cop III"" included a Robert Towne screenplay (in which Foley has to deal with his celebrity status), a scenario teaming Murphy with Sean Connery as a Scotland Yard detective, and another Axel-in-London idea where his Scotland Yard counterpart would have been played by John Cleese. The last would have involved British gangsters, loosely based"
"Wayans in ""Beverly Hills Cop"", Halle Berry and Martin Lawrence in ""Boomerang"", Samuel L. Jackson and Cuba Gooding Jr. in ""Coming to America"", Dave Chappelle in ""The Nutty Professor"", and Chris Rock in ""Beverly Hills Cop II"". Although Murphy has enjoyed commercial success since ""Saturday Night Live"", he did not participate in the making of the ""Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live"" retrospective book by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller (2002), nor did he ever attend cast reunions or anniversary specials until his appearance on the ""SNL"" 40th anniversary special. Murphy's box office results"
"Hill married Dolores Hooks, who sang in a local church choir, in 1955. They remained married until her death in 2015. They had two sons and a daughter. Hill died from pneumonia at the age of 84 on February 29, 2016, at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Gil Hill Gilbert Roland ""Gil"" Hill (November 5, 1931 – February 29, 2016) was an American police officer, actor and the president of the Detroit City Council. He gained recognition for his role as Inspector Todd in the ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film series. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Hill was the son of"
"something, a demolitions expert"". This was revised in subsequent drafts after Hudson was cast. His character was originally intended to represent the audience, but was rewritten to be ""an outsider and a late addition"" to the Ghostbusters team. After working with him the previous year on ""Trading Places"", Dan Aykroyd originally wanted Eddie Murphy to play the role of Winston Zeddemore. Aware of his comic abilities, his characterization of Winston would have been in a semi-improvisational style, similar to Bill Murray's performance as Peter Venkman. Murphy was too busy shooting ""Beverly Hills Cop"" to commit. Winston Zeddemore's first on-screen appearance"
"pretty good Eddie Murphy impression. A police detective (Liev Schreiber) covets his neighbor's (Joe Lo Truglio) CAT Scan machine. After continuously buying additional CAT Scan machines to one up each other, both of their wives leave them. After hitting rock bottom, the two neighbors reconcile and go out for a drink. Meanwhile, a disaster at a nuclear power plant during a school tour (led by the former lawyer from the third story) leaves a busload of school children in need of several CAT Scan machines. They arrive at the neighbors' houses but the doors are locked and the two men"
"in 2006, when producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced his intention to resurrect the film series, though he eventually gave up his option to produce the film, instead passing production duties to Lorenzo di Bonaventura. In September 2006 a script, an amalgamation of several earlier drafts, was presented to Murphy who was reported to be ""very happy"" with the outline which was described as an attempt to recapture the ""feel of the original"". Murphy admitted one of his motivations for making a fourth ""Beverly Hills Cop"" film was to make up for the fact that the third film was ""horrible"" and that"
"Carl Weintraub Carl Weintraub (born March 27, 1946) is an American actor who appeared on numerous television shows from the 1970s to the 2000s in addition to several movies. Weintraub had a starring role in ""Coins in the Fountain"". He appeared in ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and ""Air Force One"". He has also been featured in guest appearances ""Without a Trace"", ""8 Simple Rules"", ""Judging Amy"", ""ER"", ""Days of Our Lives"", ""Baywatch Nights"", ""Cagney & Lacey"", ""Trapper John, M.D."", ""Remington Steele"", ""Hill Street Blues"", ""Barnaby Jones"" and ""Police Woman"". As a voice actor, Weintraub has appeared in ""Oliver & Company"". In"
"Brad Hamilton in ""Fast Times at Ridgemont High"" (1982), along with then-unknown actors Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Nicolas Cage. ""I thought my career would really take off after that role,"" Reinhold said later. ""Instead, Sean's career took off."" Reinhold had small roles in ""The Lords of Discipline"" (1983), and ""Gremlins"" (1984) and he appeared in an uncredited role in Pat Benatar's music video for ""Shadows of the Night"". Reinhold's career really started to gain momentum when he played Detective Billy Rosewood, the junior police detective sent to trail Eddie Murphy's character, in ""Beverly Hills"
"is eventually consumed by guilt and commits suicide. As the game progresses, it is revealed that Murphy made a deal with the corrupt corrections officer George Sewell (Joel Bernard), to gain access to Napier, who had abused and drowned Murphy's son, Charlie. Murphy eventually locates DJ Bobby Ricks (Antoine L. Smith), who has been dedicating songs to him to attract his attention. Although he has been trapped by the town, Ricks proposes a plan to escape by boat; his keys, however, have been lost. Before they can leave, Anne confronts them, and all three are attacked by monsters. Murphy regains"